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Jay Giampietro @jaygiampietro has made a ton of short films that have played tons of festivals most importantly NYFF. He represents a vibe and milieu of NYC arts culture that's maintained its crisp purity for the last decade plus. The Safdies transfer that NYC anxiety into crime, but Jay likes to examine closely the people we walk by every day and the conversations we exist amongst. Monday February 6 we show his latest work Hernia amongst an evening curated by previous episode's Miles Emanuel. Hope to see everyone there. https://reunion262023.splashthat.com

Miles Emanuel @gertrudkanning is back and we have a screening together Monday February 6th at Gospel NYC. https://reunion262023.splashthat.com Another surprise lineup that we talk about in detail here, so listen now for a preview or wait until later. Hope to see y'all on Monday!!

Kenny Schachter @kennyschachter is an art world hybrid--artist, critic, journalist, curator, dealer, NFT expert... We focus specifically on his video work for much of this conversation, as we'll showcase a few of the hundreds he's made over the years this Friday January 13th @reunion in NYC, actually showing Kenny's work for the first time ever in a theater. As I type this the morning after recording, I think about the idea of 'outsider' in the art world, which Kenny describes himself as. I'm not so sure. I want to ask him some follow ups on that. We discussed different pathways to making art, and how being informed by history of a medium can be a rich path to practicing, but not necessary, and all paths could create beauty. That combined with how Kenny can speak fluently in that history, and literally just turned in his manuscript for his forthcoming NFTism. He's an authority. Doesn't matter if he didn't start as such. So if that's the case, why is Kenny an outsider? I'm not so sure. I look forward to seeing him on Friday and asking him more about this. In the meantime, hope you enjoy, and you can get tickets to Friday's screening here: https://www.midnighttheatre.com/events/reunion-film-jan13-23

Daniel Antebi @dantebi_ just gave a talk about how to make your first feature film before turning 25. He did. @reunion is going to show the opening of God's Time Friday January 13th at Midnight Theatre. I love the opening most actually, so I'm really winning here. I love the film overall, but I really feel that the opening packs in soooo much of what Daniel is good at--capturing kinetic energy and transferring it to an audience. Don't skip on the rest of the movie, because there he provides space for his trio of lead actors to really love each other and connect with the audience. The Tribeca [*cough* Film *cough*] Festival premiere at the Village East Angelika Synagogue theater was electric. Daniel's quite beloved by his NYC people. Screenings like that show us the potential and importance of movies and the people who make them. Daniel's got a lot in the works, as you can hear from our talk. Hope you enjoy. Get tix for Friday here: https://www.midnighttheatre.com/events/reunion-film-jan13-23

Libe @libebarer and Ruby @ruby.mccollister just made a short film called With the Fishes, that I'll screen on Friday Jan 6 with the secret 16mm print referenced in yesterday's episode with Miles Emanuel. We talk about Streisand and Minelli, Funny Girl, Los Angeles, Babylon. Talked a lot about the importance of programming and bringing people to the movies. The cruelty of data. If you're in NYC come watch the film on Friday: https://www.midnighttheatre.com/events/reunion-film-jan6 

Miles Emanuel and I host a @reunion 16mm film screening on Friday January 6th 2023 at Midnight Theatre NYC (link below). The film is a secret publicly, but listen here if you want the reveal (spoiler alert). Miles is a born and raised New Yorker, who just watched his 10,000th movie at the age of 23.  You may have seen him recently in Funny Pages (written+directed by Owen Kline) and he is currently raising post funding for his feature debut Zucchini. We talk about the state of movies today, how important being informed by the past is, and what we want to see from the next chapter. TIX: https://www.midnighttheatre.com/events/reunion-film-jan6 & Zucchini GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/3xgud-zucchini

Orson @orsonowitz and I went to Emerson College together. We both basically hated it, feeling like it was a buncha industry talk and comedy bs and no real art thinking. Attribute all that to me no him just in case. He's now made 3 films in about 3 years. And he's just making stuff. Whatever elements come together, with whatever resources...attach a point of view...and make a movie. He talks about actors being his closest collaborators on set, and I reference how he's gotten the best performances out of some of my fav actors. He also DP's his own films, while shooting for hire elsewhere. Queen of Hollywood Boulevard is on Amazon Prime, Trespassers is on IFC, and his new one The Five Rules of Success is playing festivals like @fantasiafestival currently. If you're in LA, he'll be doing drive-ins. http://www.orson-oblowitz.com